noun
Meaning 1
Quality of being honest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
honestness
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being honest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: honesty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: righteousness
Narrower terms: scrupulousness, integrity, incorruptness, incorruption, incorruptibility, candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness, good faith, straightness, truthfulness
History
Etymology
From Middle English honestnesse, honestnysse, honestnas, equivalent to honest + -ness.